Is the Paint-Your-Own Ceramic Unicorn Kit worth buying?

Save yourself — the box art is lying to you and you deserve the truth. There’s no such thing as a perfect gift, but there is such a thing as a gift that gets played with versus a gift that becomes part of the floor obstacle course in the hallway. Hopefully this list helps you land in the first category. My practical dad advice: when you’re truly stuck, go for an experience gift — a class, a museum membership, a cooking lesson — because 8-year-olds are at the exact age where doing something cool beats getting something cool, at least about half the time. The other half, they just want the LEGO set. If you’ve found a birthday gift that genuinely knocked it out of the park for the 8-year-old in your life, drop it in the comments. We’re always building the list, and Nora has already appointed herself chief editor for next year’s edition, whether I like it or not.

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